Mentors For Military Podcast

Staff Sergeant Josh Porter entered the U.S. Army from the Army Reserves in 2009 as a Parachute Rigger (92R) and after initial training, including airborne school, he was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, the 507th PIR and the command exhibition parachute team "The Silver Wings" at Fort Benning. He's served on multiple deployments, including with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and has attended and graduated from SERE400, Static Line Jumpmaster Course, Advanced Leaders Course, Military Freefall Course, and Military Freefall Jumpmaster Course, FAA Senior Rigger course, Joint Airdrop Load inspector, and USPA Tandem Instructor. Josh is currently assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a full-time member of the USASOC Parachute Demonstration Team known as the "Black Daggers". On this episode, Josh joins Robert and Patty Collins to share his journey within the Army and also his personal struggle of l